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Josiah, you say "self alone" when you are in fact referring to the Catholic Church. Is that because you are fixated on it being one Church instead of a plethora of denominations?
Mark 7:4 καὶ and ἀπ’ from ἀγορᾶς market ἐὰν if μὴ not ῥαντίσωνται they might sprinkle οὐκ not ἐσθίουσιν, they are eating, καὶ and ἄλλα other (things) πολλά many ἐστιν is ἃ which παρέλαβον they received κρατεῖν, to be holding fast, βαπτισμοὺς baptisms ποτηρίων of cups καὶ and ξεστῶν of pitchers...
Friday 1st April 2016
MORNING
The fruit of the Spirit is joy. Gal. 5:22
Joy in the Holy Ghost. Rom. 14:17
Unspeakable and full of glory. I Pet. 1:8
Sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; ... exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. II Cor. 6:10; 7:4
We glory in tribulations. Rom. 5:3...
The only folk I've met who are dismissive of their own sins are the ones who loudly proclaim that once they are saved they are always saved and cannot lose their heavenly reward no matter what they think, say, or do.
He did change the bible to make sure it didn't include bits about praying for the departed or the departed saints interceding for the living. That's why he removed seven books and parts of two more from the old testament. He also disliked justification by works and faith together so he wanted to...
For those keen on lexicography here's a nice long and rather detailed entry from "The Complete Word Study Dictionary":βαπτίζω
baptízō; fut. baptísō, from báptō (G911), to dip. Immerse, submerge for a religious purpose, to overwhelm, saturate, baptize (Joh 1:25).
(I) Washing or ablution was...
Three rings for the Elvin kings under the sky
seven rings for the Dwarf lords in their halls of stone
nine for mortal men doomed to die
one ring for the dark lord on his dark throne
in the land of Mordor where the shadows lie
one ring to rule them all
one ring to find them
one ring to bring...
The use of a hexagram in Judaism is not ancient. An old example from the period of rabbinic Judaism is from around the beginning of the eleventh century where the hexagram is displayed in the Leningrad codex shown here.
But for centuries before that the symbol was used in Christian and Islamic...
I will be content to confess my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ by remembering that he became man through the Blessed Virgin Mary who gave him birth. I will remember the words of praise spoken in the holy scriptures by her"My soul magnifies the Lord.
And my spirit leaps for joy in God my...